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Author:

Gillman, Jeff, 1969-

Title:

How trees die : the past, present, and future of our forests / Jeff Gillman.

Publisher:

Westholme PublishingLLC,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Trees.
Forests and forestry.
Trees--Social aspects.
Forests and forestry--Social aspects.
Forest ecology.
Trees--Environmental aspects.
Forests and forestry--Environmental aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index.

Contents:

The trees among us -- A charmed life -- Forests old and new -- Stowaway plants -- Apples and age -- The short lives of peach trees -- Foreign invasion -- The plague of the elms -- Unstoppable insects -- Forces of nature and zone pushers -- Loved to death -- The future of the trees.

Summary:

Explains how trees age and the various ways they die, i.e. at the hands of humans or by foreign insects and diseases. Explores the future of trees as well.

ISBN:

1594160813
9781594160813

OCLC:

(OCoLC)294885258

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)